Kahlua Cake

This unassuming-looking cake was the finale to an impromptu dinner with our dear friends Tim and Spring tonight.  Spring has been telling me for YEARS how much she loves Kahlua Cake.  She went to extravagant lengths last year, living in Poland, to acquire the ingredients so she could have Kahlua Cake for her birthday.  When [...]

Alfred Cakes

Here is a gem of a recipe which we discovered in our homeschool group, studying the Middle Ages together.  They are called Alfred Cakes because…..well…I’m not sure why.  We were studying King Alfred the Great (who united England to drive out the Danish Viking invaders.)  This recipe was found in an activity book that goes [...]

The Medieval Lords and Ladies Feast

One of the joys of homeschooling is getting to do fun things with other homeschool families.  This year my boys and I are studying the Middle Ages with two other families.  We get together every few weeks, after studying a chunk of history, and do activities together that add to our understanding of what we’ve [...]

Poached pear and strawberry trifle

I have always wanted to try making a trifle for dessert–they’re just so beautiful!  I had the perfect opportunity last week:  our homeschool group held a Lords and Ladies Feast (part of our studies in the Middle Ages.)  Looking around for a dessert idea that sounded sort of Medieval (and being unwilling to bake any [...]

Creamy Cheddar and Broccoli Soup

When I started writing this post, I wrote, “Today is chowder day.” And then I realized that I wasn’t completely sure what the difference between soup and chowder actually is. So I did a little research and learned a few things. Here’s a great link for a list of definitions for all kinds of soup [...]

Cheese Biscuits

I attended a baby shower yesterday afternoon that featured some absolutely delicious munchies. My favorite items on the buffet were little round cheese biscuits. That’s what the hostess called them, but to MY eyes, they looked like little cheese cookies. These were delicious and I’m thinking that the next soup meal we have here will [...]

January Soup

I’ll confess, I just pulled that name out of a hat.  This soup originated as “Gypsy Soup”, by Mollie Katzen in the original Moosewood cookbook (which is SOOO worth your perusal–we’ve absorbed many of the recipes from that book over the years.)  But it’s evolved so much since I started making it, that it really [...]

Homemade Dog Food

I have a young friend named Kristen. Kristen is already a very bold and inventive cook and it’s fun to try some of her experiments. One of Kristen’s main passions in life is animals. She frequently has very helpful suggestions for me on the care and feeding of our two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
Today I was [...]

Vegetable fried rice

If you love fried rice, and have discovered how UNvirtuous it is to eat it at a Chinese restaurant, here’s your chance to eat it and feel virtuous.  (Well, almost virtuous–it’s still not a low sodium dish, but my version does cut down on the fat substantially.) I made this tonight because I had some [...]

KRINGLE!

I’ve decided that I NEED a recipe for Danish or Swedish Kringle–someone brought some to church a few weeks back, and it was heavenly, and then I saw some in the store today, and almost bought some because it looked so yummy!
Does anyone out there have such a recipe they’d be willing to share?  Family [...]